1956 MLB Player Hitting Stat Leaders

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PLAYER	TEAM	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1 MickeyM MantleMantle CF 1 ‌ ‌ ‌	NYY	150	533	132	188	22	5	52	130	112	99	10	1	.353	.464	.705	1.169
2 TedT WilliamsWilliams LF 2 ‌ ‌ ‌	BOS	136	400	71	138	28	2	24	82	102	39	0	0	.345	.479	.605	1.084
3 HarveyH KuennKuenn SS 3 ‌ ‌ ‌	DET	146	591	96	196	32	7	12	88	55	34	9	5	.332	.387	.470	.857
4 HankH AaronAaron RF 4 ‌ ‌ ‌	MIL	153	609	106	200	34	14	26	92	37	54	2	4	.328	.365	.558	.923
5 CharlieC MaxwellMaxwell LF 5 ‌ ‌ ‌	DET	141	500	96	163	14	3	28	87	79	74	1	1	.326	.414	.534	.948
6 BobB NiemanNieman LF 6 ‌ ‌ ‌	BAL	128	428	63	137	21	6	14	68	90	63	1	6	.320	.436	.495	.931
7 BillB VirdonVirdon CF 7 ‌ ‌ ‌	PIT	157	580	77	185	23	10	10	46	38	71	6	7	.319	.361	.445	.806
8 MinnieM MinosoMinoso LF 8 ‌ ‌ ‌	CWS	151	545	106	172	29	11	21	88	86	40	12	6	.316	.425	.525	.950
9 JackieJ JensenJensen RF 9 ‌ ‌ ‌	BOS	151	578	80	182	23	11	20	97	89	43	11	3	.315	.405	.497	.902
10 AlA KalineKaline RF 10 ‌ ‌ ‌	DET	153	617	96	194	32	10	27	128	70	55	7	1	.314	.383	.530	.913
11 RobertoR ClementeClemente RF 11 ‌ ‌ ‌	PIT	147	543	66	169	30	7	7	60	13	58	6	6	.311	.330	.431	.761
12 GilG McDougaldMcDougald SS 12 ‌ ‌ ‌	NYY	120	438	79	136	13	3	13	56	68	59	3	8	.311	.405	.443	.848
13 StanS MusialMusial 1B 13 ‌ ‌ ‌	STL	156	594	87	184	33	6	27	109	75	39	2	0	.310	.386	.522	.908
14 PeteP RunnelsRunnels 1B 14 ‌ ‌ ‌	WAS	147	578	72	179	29	9	8	76	58	64	5	5	.310	.372	.433	.805
15 VicV PowerPower 1B 15 ‌ ‌ ‌	KCA	127	530	77	164	21	5	14	63	24	16	2	2	.309	.340	.447	.787
16 BillB SkowronSkowron 1B 16 ‌ ‌ ‌	NYY	134	464	78	143	21	6	23	90	50	60	4	4	.308	.382	.528	.910
17 RayR BooneBoone 3B 17 ‌ ‌ ‌	DET	131	481	77	148	14	6	25	81	77	46	0	0	.308	.403	.518	.921
18 KenK BoyerBoyer 3B 18 ‌ ‌ ‌	STL	150	595	91	182	30	2	26	98	38	65	8	3	.306	.347	.494	.841
19 RichieR AshburnAshburn CF 19 ‌ ‌ ‌	PHI	154	628	94	190	26	8	3	50	79	45	10	1	.303	.384	.384	.768
20 RedR SchoendienstSchoendienst 2B 20 ‌ ‌ ‌	NYG	132	487	61	147	21	3	2	29	41	15	1	3	.302	.356	.370	.726
21 TedT KluszewskiKluszewski 1B 21 ‌ ‌ ‌	CIN	138	517	91	156	14	1	35	102	49	31	1	0	.302	.362	.536	.898
22 JimJ GilliamGilliam 2B 22 ‌ ‌ ‌	BRO	153	594	102	178	23	8	6	43	95	39	21	9	.300	.399	.396	.795
23 WallyW MoonMoon RF 23 ‌ ‌ ‌	STL	149	540	86	161	22	11	16	68	80	50	12	9	.298	.390	.469	.859
24 YogiY BerraBerra C 24 ‌ ‌ ‌	NYY	140	521	93	155	29	2	30	105	65	29	3	2	.298	.378	.534	.912
25 ErnieE BanksBanks SS 25 ‌ ‌ ‌	CHC	139	538	82	160	25	8	28	85	52	62	6	9	.297	.358	.530	.888

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